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MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	119% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '20 at 13:45
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$90 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 449 64% 470 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 134 Parallax 126 106% 130 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 133 Splatting 114 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 299 281 274 271 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 485 Mixed 397 SusWrite 265 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 62 213% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 102GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 385 366 374 377 366 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 487 Mixed 420 SusWrite 365 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 67.4 227% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$30 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 597GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 174 174 176 175 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 171 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 174 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 112%
Intenso Alu Line 16GB 713 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 11GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.6 10 10 10 10 10 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.14% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 10 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 9.7 13% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.14% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$36 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.4% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 12.4 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 14 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 80%

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Typical Z170A SLI (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 448 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	182x
Core i5-6600KIntel $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	158x
Core i7-7700KIntel $152Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	82x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	53x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	40x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	17x
F4 DDR4 3733 C17 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 97%, 572 samples	16x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $530

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